"Earlier this month, NASA announced that it had to cancel a scheduled spacewalk, citing a "medical situation" affecting a "single crew member who is stable" on board the International Space Station. The mystery illness eventually led to the space agency staging the first medical evacuation in 25 years of continuous operation on board the aging orbital outpost, rushing four astronauts back to Earth in a move that brought the station's number of occupants from seven to a skeleton crew of just three."
"While the medical incident only affected a single astronaut, who has yet to be identified for privacy reasons, all four members of the Crew-11 mission cut their time on board the ISS short by weeks, safely splashing down off the coast of San Diego early Thursday morning. The four astronauts were airlifted to the Scripps Memorial Hospital in San Diego via helicopter for a "planned overnight stay at a local medical facility for additional evaluation," according to a January 16 statement."
NASA canceled a scheduled spacewalk because of a medical situation affecting a single, stable crew member aboard the International Space Station. The incident triggered the first medical evacuation in 25 years of continuous ISS operation. Four Crew-11 astronauts ended their mission early and splashed down off the coast of San Diego. They were airlifted to Scripps Memorial Hospital for a planned overnight stay and additional evaluation, then released and sent to NASA's Johnson Space Center for standard postflight reconditioning and evaluations. The affected astronaut remains unidentified to protect medical privacy. The event underscores the difficulty of delivering advanced medical care in orbit.
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